This improvement in productivity can be attributed to the adoption of more flexible labour market practices including enterprise bargaining; the range of microeconomic reform measures introduced to make markets more competitive and the increasing absorption of new technologies which has led to capital deepening in the labour force. ... The types of economy wide or macroeconomic gains include lower inflation through a system of more competitive domestic market and lower unemployment through reforms in the labour market. ...

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In summary, the development of Barrow Island would provide wide ranging, long term conservation benefits to the community, contribute to world class conservation programs while Australia would benefit from a new major competitive and more secure gas supply for the next phase of energy- intensive industry development and power generation, making Barrow Island the only acceptable location where the development can be commercially competitive. ...

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It is said that the slow adoption of the ring spindle in spinning, and the low uptake of the automatic loom in weaving seriously hampered those industries` competitive edge. ... Dintenfass , however sees the slow uptake in iron and steel as symptomatic of a wider ranging British attitude.(4) "The British iron & steel industry failed to exploit new appliances and production methods as extensively and rapidly as did its overseas competitors in the decades leading up to the First World War. ...

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During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and new forms of multinational production. Whether or not such developments are good or bad is a topic of ongoing political debate. Some argue that an expanding global economy provides new opportunities for the developing world to integrate into global markets and to achieve rapid rises in living standar...

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